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Chapter 80 Family Bliss

Huang Ying thought for a moment and then advised: "Husband, please don't be greedy for money and cause trouble."

"Hahaha, madam, you are too worried," Da Kui said with a smile: "When Wang Fu is crowned the leader, my husband will resign and retire. Then he and his wife will live in this blessed place for the rest of their lives, enjoying the mountains and rivers every day, wouldn't it be nice?

"

Huang Ying heard that Da Kui had this idea and thought it was very wonderful. Every time Da Kui went out, Huang Ying would feel uneasy all day long. If Da Kui resigned and went into seclusion, she would not have to worry about it.

Dakui used a chopstick to dip some wine into the cup and fed it to Zhang Changfeng. When Huang Ying saw it, she was surprised and asked, "What are you doing, husband?"

"They say I am a hero, how can my son Zhang Dakui not know how to drink?" Dakui laughed and gave Zhang Changfeng a taste of the wine. Perhaps the spicy taste of the wine was not good. Zhang Changfeng, who was just a few months old, tasted a few chopsticks and suddenly suddenly

Crying loudly.

"Give me the child quickly. For a father like you, if the child is so young, you feed him wine." Huang Ying took Zhang Changfeng and held him in her arms to coax her. Da Kui couldn't help laughing.

"Oh, if Changfeng doesn't cry, if Changfeng doesn't cry, mother is here," Huang Ying hugged Zhang Changfeng and coaxed her, but Zhang Changfeng still kept crying. "The child may be hungry," Huang Ying said and untied her clothes.

Breastfeeding the baby, Zhang Changfeng no longer cried when he had milk to drink.

Looking at his beloved wife and son, Dakui felt so happy that he couldn't help but pour himself a drink.

Ju District swallowed up the boundaries of the three states, and the vast water house accepted thousands of sects. There was never a boat with thousands of dendrobiums, but a reed fishing boat ran as fast as it wanted. The ancient caves of the Immortal Altar were inaccessible. I listened to the roar of the waves in the sky. Now I occasionally go to Fahua Ridge.

When I first looked at it, I felt that I was in a narrow place, with a solitary tomb lying on the top of the mountain, and below me there was a person who was indestructible, with empty white thorns and nets for autumn insects, and there were ghosts and ghosts emerging from the green lotus.

I came to live under a long pine tree, wanting to dig Poria cocos to wash and dry myself. I heard that the mountains are rich in exotic medicines, often Ganoderma lucidum mixed with sunflower seeds. The poet waits for Huangjing on an empty stomach, and only looks at long-handled weapons when trouble occurs. This year, when I am full during the ripening period, I eat only a few leaves.

Insects are full of ringworm and scabies, the white flowers have half fallen and the purple stalks are fragrant. I am holding my arms to help grind the sickle. The mountain springs in Ande have turned into spring wine, and I can wash away ordinary debts with my son.

Many literati and poets have praised Taihu Lake, especially Su Shi, the literary giant of the Song Dynasty. Looking at the vast blue waves and the green mountains in the distance, Dakui couldn't help sighing about his life. The bloody battlefields in his early years and the ups and downs of today's officialdom are just like this beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers.

It's like a dream, as if everything from the past is still before your eyes.

"Husband, what are you thinking about," Huang Ying asked while hugging Zhang Changfeng.

After hearing this, Dakui realized that he was distracted and looked at Zhang Changfeng in Huang Ying's arms. He was sleeping soundly in Huang Ying's arms after eating.

"It's okay, I just remembered the past," Dakui replied with a smile.

Huang Ying looked at Da Kui for a while and then said warmly: "My husband has been running around for many days. I think he is tired. Let's go back now."

"It's okay, I won't run away in such good mountains and rivers anyway. It will be the same if I come back someday," Dakui said with a smile, and came to hug Zhang Changfeng again. Huang Ying gently handed Zhang Changfeng to Dakui and warned: "Slow down.

Some, the child just fell asleep,"

Da Kui hugged his beloved son and then said softly: "Oh, my son is so beautiful. They all say that he looks like his mother. This is true at all." After saying that, he lowered his head and kissed Zhang Changfeng's pink smiling face.

, who would have expected that Zhang Changfeng, who was sleeping soundly, would burst out crying.

"Look, he just fell asleep and you pricked him with your beard to wake him up. Give me the child," Huang Ying took the child again.

Dakui couldn't help but giggle, touched the beard stubble around his mouth and said: "I have been busy for many days, but I have neglected to take care of it."

The cruise ship sailed back to the lake shore. There were already many relatives waiting on the shore. Dakui and Huang Ying returned to Zhang Mansion under the support of everyone.

As soon as he entered the house, Master Feng came forward and said: "Master Zhang, two notifications are coming from the capital. Hundreds of thousands of Ming Dynasty troops have conquered the capital of the Yuan Dynasty. Emperor Hui favored Timur and fled north. The emperor thought of Hui. Emperor Tuohuan, Timur, recognized the current affairs and obeyed the destiny, and specially named him Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty. In addition, the imperial court sent General Tang He southward a month ago to advance by land and water with General Liao Yongzhong, forcing Fang Guozhen's tribe to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Fang Guozhen and his people have now gone to Beijing. Master," he said, handing over two proclamations with both hands. It turns out that whenever there are important matters in the imperial court, proclamations will be sent to all officials in all prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River.

Dakui unfolded the letter and looked at it for a few times, and suddenly his face showed joy. The Yuan Dynasty had lost its capital, which showed that its strength was exhausted. Although there were still remnants of the Yuan Dynasty in Gansu and other places, they were like grasshoppers after autumn. I can't stay in bed for a few days.

When he saw the second announcement, Dakui felt no joy at all.

Qingyuanfu Academy and Yushan Literature Academy (in the south of Huangyan City) were both designated and built by Fang Guozhen.

When the Yuan Dynasty came to power, there were successive famines in Taizhou. By the 14th year of Zhizheng, 18 famines had occurred in 58 years, 10 of which were floods and droughts. After Fang Guozhen took over the country, he built Xiao Wanhu Pond and Dalu in Songmen. Changsha Pond, Tangxia Pond, Hengshan Jietang and Zhaowanhu Pond in Wugen; the other is Nengren Pond, Dong Ao Pond, Jiangxin Pond, Jiuyan Pond and Chongde Pond that were successively surrounded by Chumen. , Sanshantang, Diaoshantang, Huayantang, Dutoutang, Fenglintang, Shangqingtang, and Chensitutang turned the large tidal flats of Chumen Bay into fertile farmland. After Fang Guozhen occupied Qingyuan (Ningbo), he learned about Shangyu The county seawall was in disrepair for a long time and flooded causing disasters. Guozhen took his advisers to inspect along the river and ordered that the seawall be built with stone instead. After it was built, it became a fertile land.

After Fang Guozhen settled Taizhou, Wenzhou, and Qingyuan (Ningbo), he devoted himself to protecting the environment and the people, recuperating and recuperating, encouraging agriculture, industry, and commerce, and encouraging people to live and work in peace and contentment. Compared with the Central Plains where wars were frequent, eastern Zhejiang was a paradise, and Fang Guozhen did a great job for the people. Three good things: one is to build a school, the other is to build a pond, and the third is to build a bridge.

In Taizhou, Wenzhou, and Qingyuan, Fang Guozhen was highly regarded by the people, and he could be said to have dedicated himself to the welfare of the people. However, this time the court forced Fang Guozhen to surrender, which was against public opinion.

Fang Guozhen was originally the official seal of the province of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but because of the support of the people, it was hated by the emperor. The merits and demerits cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences. During the Anfeng campaign, Zhang Shicheng sent his general Lu Zhen to surround Anfeng city. For four years, before Zhang Shicheng was demoted to the Yuan Dynasty, he was not relied upon by the people.

The current emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, the original King of Wu, sent Xu Da as marshal, Chang Yuchun and others as generals. When Zhang Shicheng was captured and killed, he was in Suzhou today (ps: Suzhou was named Pingjiang in the Yuan Dynasty, and later renamed Longping in the Ming Dynasty). After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was renamed Suzhou. When Dakui went down to Suzhou for the second time, it was only three months after Zhang Shicheng's fall.)

Zhang Shicheng's popularity in Pingjiang was also very good at the time.

(ps: Zhang Shicheng, courtesy name Queqing, nicknamed Jiusi, was born in the first year of Emperor Zhizhi of the Yuan Dynasty (1321 AD) to a poor family of salt people in Baijuchang, Xinghua (now Dafeng City, Jiangsu Province). He was one of the leaders of the peasant uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. He led the armed uprising of the Yan people in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Haiyan against the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. The uprising army he led spread across Jiangsu and Zhejiang, established a revolutionary regime, controlled the richest areas in southeastern China, and cut off the Yuan Dynasty's grain and water supply. The main source of fiscal revenue dealt a heavy blow to the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty economically. There is no doubt that Zhang Shicheng was an unparalleled hero in the early war against the Yuan Dynasty. When the first phase of the anti-Yuan uprising entered its low ebb, the million-yuan army had already The Yangtze River defense line of the Red Turban Army was broken and the connection between the northern and southern Yuan armies was restored. The persistence of Zhang Jun, who was not a Red Army system, led to the collapse of the main force of the Yuan army led by Tuotuo. From then on, the second climax of the anti-Yuan army from all walks of life began. Schneider Both An and Luo Guanzhong served Zhang Shicheng, and Zhang Shicheng also joined the Red Scarf Army uprising at the same time. The anti-Yuan struggle he led contained the military power of the Yuan Dynasty and strengthened the momentum of the Red Scarf Army.

In the thirteenth year of Zhizheng (1353), because they could not stand the oppression of the salt police, Zhang Shicheng, his disciples Shi Yi, Shi De, Shi Xin and Li Boxheng and other eighteen people led the salt soldiers to rebel against the Yuan Dynasty, which was known as the "Eighteen Carrying Pole Uprising" in history.

, he became the leader, and his team gradually grew and captured Taizhou, Xinghua, Gaoyou and other places. In the first month of the following year, he was proclaimed King Cheng in Gaoyou, and the founding name was Dazhou. He called himself King Cheng, and took Tianyou as his reign name.

The army surrounded him. Later, because the commander-in-chief, Prime Minister Tuo Tuo, was demoted before the battle, the Yuan army was in chaos. He took advantage of the situation and won the victory. In the 15th year, he crossed the Yangtze River from Tongzhou (now Nantong, Jiangsu Province) and attacked south. At the beginning of the next year, he captured Changshu and Pingjiang (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province).

, Songjiang, Changzhou and other places, and established its capital in Pingjiang. Later, it fought with Zhu Yuanzhang's army. In the 17th year, he was defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang's army. In 1357, the Yuan Dynasty sent troops to attack Zhang Shicheng. Zhang Shicheng surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty because he faced being attacked by the Yuan army and Fang Guozhen.

After being granted the title of Taiwei, Zhang Shicheng's power continued to expand, and he had the power to separatist power from Xuzhou in the north to Shaoxing in the south. He also transported grain to Dadu many times. In the 23rd year, he sent Lu Zhen to attack Anfeng (today's Shouxing, Anhui).

County), forced Liu Futong and Han Lin'er away, and established himself as the King of Wu in Pingjiang. His younger brother Zhang Shixin became the prime minister, and Huang Jingfu, Cai Yanwen, and Ye Dexin joined the army. However, Zhang Shicheng's power did not continue to expand after that, and Zhang Shicheng and Zhu Yuanzhang's forces continued to fight.

, Zhu Yuanzhang gradually weakened Zhang Shicheng by "first taking the prefectures and counties of Tongtai, cutting off Shicheng's elbows, and then specifically taking western Zhejiang" (Volume 18 of "Records of Ming Taizu"). After Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Chen Youliang, he started in 1366

Attacked Zhang Shicheng's forces and surrounded Pingjiang where Zhang Shicheng lived in 1367; Zhang Shicheng was captured after Pingjiang City was breached, and was then escorted to Jinling (now Nanjing) where he hanged himself to death at the age of 47 and was buried in Xietang, Wuxian County.

There is currently the tomb of Zhang Shicheng in Xietang Town, Suzhou City,)

Zhang Shicheng was cowardly in his heart and missed the opportunity; when he was captured as a prisoner, he was uncompromising in his speech and self-disciplined, and he was also a great man. To the people of Wu, Zhang Shicheng was a generous and benevolent man, and he was light on taxes. Therefore,

Wu people have a lot of nostalgia for him. As for the various criticisms against him in Ming Dynasty books, they are all the words of a barking dog, and most of them are untrue. Zhang's subordinates were greedy and indulgent, but they were not cruel or indiscriminate in killing people.

In addition, the land of Wu was rich, and even though Soochow officials loved money, they were not greedy and greedy. Suzhou locals have always missed Zhang Shicheng's benevolence in the past when he took corvee lightly and paid little in taxes. They burn incense for Zhang Shicheng every year on the 30th day of the seventh lunar month.

Burning incense in the name of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is actually burning "Jiu Si Incense" (Zhang Shicheng's original name is Zhang Jiu Si).


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